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YourDigestive System
Test
Question | Answer |
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Name all the parts of your digestive system. | Teeth, mouth, salivary glands, esophagus, liver, stomach, gallbladder, pancreas, large intestine, small intestine, anus |
Name the 4 kinds of teeth. | Incisors, canines, bicuspids, molars |
What are your front teeth? | Incisors |
What are your back teeth? | Molars |
What teeth are between the molars and canines? | Bicuspids |
Where does the food enter? | Mouth |
Where does the food travel to get to the stomach? | Esophagus |
Where does the food stay after going through the esophagus? | Stomach |
Where are all the proteins and minerals are absorbed? | Small intestine |
Where does waste exit? | Anus |
What are the physical changes in the mouth? | Teeth breaks down food by chewing |
What are the chemical changes in the mouth? | Saliva soften the food and breaks it down |
What are the physical changes in the esophagus? | Food is pushed down into the stomach |
What are the chemical changes in the esophagus? | There is none |
What are the physical changes in the stomach? | Churns food by contracting stomach muscles |
What are the chemical changes in the stomach? | Acid bath soaks hydrochloric acid kills germs and enzymes break down |
What are the physical changes in the small intestine? | Absorption by villi peristalsis pushes food into large intestine |
What are the chemical changes in the small intestine? | Digestive juices from liver, pancreas, and gallbladder breaks down food |
What are the physical changes in the large intestine? | Non-used foods, seeds, blood cells, gum passes to the rectum |
What are the chemical changes in the large intestine? | Water is absorbed and waste is more solid |
What are the physical changes in the rectum? | Expele solid feces, may stay there for 1-2 days |
What are the chemical changes in the rectum? | There is none. |
Name all the parts that take part in the waste removal. | Skin, lungs, urethra, kidneys, ureter, bladder |
What functions does the kidneys have? | Removes water, removes salt, produces urine |
What functions does the lungs have? | Removes water, bring oxygen to blood, removes carbon dioxide, removes body heat |
What functions does the skin have? | Removes water, removes salt, removes body heat |
What functions does the bladder have? | Stores urine |
What is the function of the excretory system? | To remove wastes from your organism |
Name the four organs of the excretory system. | Liver, stomach, small intestine, large intestine |
Why must wastes be eliminated from the body? | So it wont poison the body |
What does the liver do to defend our bodies from poisonous substances? | It converts fats to sugar. |